{"id":1414052,"date":"2022-03-31T22:29:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T02:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414052"},"modified":"2022-03-31T22:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T02:29:41","slug":"lapd-were-prepared-to-arrest-will-smith-for-battery-says-oscars-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-were-prepared-to-arrest-will-smith-for-battery-says-oscars-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD Were Prepared To Arrest Will Smith For Battery, Says Oscars Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flapd-were-prepared-to-arrest-will-smith-for-battery-says-oscars-producer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414052&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1388085487.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>According to Oscars producer Will Packer, the Los Angeles Police Department wanted to arrest actor Will Smith for battery after he struck comedian Chris Rock during the Sunday night awards show.<\/p>\n<p>Packer told ABC\u2019s T.J. Holmes in an interview scheduled to air on Friday\u2019s broadcast of \u201cGood Morning America\u201d that police were on the scene and prepared to arrest Smith, but Rock made it clear that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/celebs-responds-to-will-smith-hitting-chris-rock-face-over-joke-open-a-criminal-battery-investigation\/\">not interested<\/a> in taking any legal action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards, Oscars producer Will Packer said. In an interview with \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d Packer says police called it a battery and laid out the options for Rock.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KJbB0RleSZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/KJbB0RleSZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Associated Press (@AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\/status\/1509686284268318720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A short clip of the upcoming interview aired on Thursday evening\u2019s broadcast of \u201cWorld News Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Police] were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in\u00a0that moment. They said, \u2018We will go get [Smith], we are prepared. We\u2019re\u00a0prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him,\u2019\u201d Packer described the scene that unfolded after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Packer went on to say that the police officers laid out several options for Rock, making it clear that they saw him as the victim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris\u00a0was \u2014\u00a0he was being very dismissive of those options. He was like, \u2018I\u2019m fine. No, no,\u00a0no. I\u2019m fine,\u2019\u201d Packer continued. \u201cAnd even to the point where I said, \u2018Rock, let\u00a0them\u00a0finish.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police finally asked Rock directly whether or not he wanted them to take any action against Smith, and Rock said, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith struck Rock in the face after the comedian made a crack about his wife\u2019s hair loss, referencing the Demi Moore film \u201cG.I. Jane\u201d \u2014 and Smith later explained that he had reacted emotionally because of Jada Pinkett-Smith\u2019s ongoing battle with alopecia.<\/p>\n<p>The actor was allowed to remain for the rest of the evening \u2014 although conflicting reports have surfaced regarding whether or not he was asked to leave after he slapped Rock \u2014 and later received a standing ovation when he was announced as best actor for his turn in \u201cKing Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rock responded to the incident briefly during a Wednesday evening stand-up performance in Boston, as The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/how-was-your-weekend-chris-rock-brings-the-house-down-at-first-comedy-show-since-oscars\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Comedian Chris Rock brought the house down at his first comedy show since getting slapped by actor Will Smith during Sunday evening\u2019s Academy Awards.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After opening with a loaded question \u2014 \u201cHow was your weekend?\u201d \u2014 Rock <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/chris-rock-responds-will-smith-oscars-slap-1235218763\/\">told the crowd<\/a> at his sold out show in Boston that he was \u201cstill processing\u201d what had happened.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHow was your weekend?\u201d Rock tried again, promptings laughs and more applause from the crowd. \u201cI don\u2019t have a bunch of s*** about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend. I\u2019m still kind of processing what happened. So, at some point I\u2019ll talk about that s***. And it will be serious and funny.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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